In July, Baumgartner jumped from an altitude of 29,455m (96,640ft), hitting 586.92km/h (364.69mph) during the free fall part of his drop. Here's a video of his descent:

Baumgartner hopes to best US Air Force test pilot Joe Kittinger's 1960 skydiving record of 31,330m (102,800ft). The Austrian also set his sights on the first supersonic free fall, which means he'll have to hit 1,110 km/h (690mph) at altitude to break the sound barrier.

He'll be carried aloft in a pressurised 1,315kg (2,899lb) capsule under a whopping balloon packing 850,000 cubic meters of helium, before plunging into the history books to the sound of a full orchestral soundtrack, if this video is anything to go by:

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